The Institute for Public Health makes connections across Washington University in St. Louis, throughout the community and around the globe to improve public health.

The Institute brings together many disciplines and diverse partners to address complex health issues facing the St. Louis region and the world. We focus on stimulating innovation and achieving measurable change in population health by:

mobilizing transdisciplinary teams to speed implementation of research discoveries

training leaders in evidence-based public health

ensuring a coordinated public health educational approach across the university